Leo Will Hand the Praise to a Colleague, Libra Will Sing the Song to the End at a Red Light

Aries

Aries, who eats dinner standing by the stove, straight from the pan, will set the table for one tonight. A plate, a fork, a napkin, even a glass of water in its place. They'll sit down and eat slowly, no TV and no phone by the plate. It will feel strange only for the first five minutes.

Taurus

Today, instead of stopping at the bakery, Taurus will buy flour and yeast and knead their own bread, from a recipe found on their break. The dough won't rise as much as the video shows. The bread will come out heavy, with a crust like a shield - and Taurus will eat half of it still warm, with a piece of white cheese. Tomorrow they'll try again.

Gemini

This morning Gemini will go for a fasting blood test, at seven, without coffee and without inventing excuses. There will be eight people ahead of them in the waiting room and last week's newspaper. The nurse will find the vein on the first try. The reward will be a burek on the way out, eaten on the bench in front of the clinic.

Cancer

Today Cancer will buy a head of garlic at the market and plant the cloves in a pot on the balcony, because that's what their grandfather did every November. They'll push them in tip up, two fingers deep, as they remember. There'll be nothing to see until spring. But every morning, with their coffee, they'll check.

Leo

At the Monday meeting today, when the boss praises the idea for the new client, Leo will say it isn't theirs but their colleague's from the office next door. The colleague will look at them as if they'd got the name wrong. The praise will go to her. Leo will leave the room lighter than they came in.

Virgo

Today Virgo should hand their partner the whole of Saturday - let them plan it, from breakfast to the last drink. No spreadsheet, no "I'm just suggesting" and no backup plan on the phone. It will end up somewhere Virgo would never go. Let it.

Libra

This morning at a red light Libra will sing out loud with the radio, both hands on the wheel. The driver in the next car will watch. Libra will look back and won't stop: they'll sing the song to the end, and the light will change right on the chorus.

Scorpio

Today Scorpio will accept an apology from the colleague who left them off the project email, without reminding them of a single previous time. They'll say "it's fine" and really mean it. The colleague will spend the rest of the day waiting for something more to come. It won't.

Sagittarius

After work today Sagittarius will walk into the city library and get a membership card, the first since they finished university. They'll leave with two books, one as thick as a brick. On the first night they'll read twenty pages and fall asleep with the book on their chest. The loan is for three weeks - will they make it?

Capricorn

Today Capricorn will get to work at exactly eight. Until twenty past eight they'll be alone in the office, and that will annoy them more than when they're the one running late.

Aquarius

Tonight Aquarius will ask their grandmother how she met their grandfather. The story will last an hour and a half, with a circle dance at a wedding in the next village, a letter sent through a cousin and a father who for three months wouldn't hear of it. Aquarius will write it down on their phone, word for word. Grandma will finish with "right, that's enough for today" - and promise a sequel.

Pisces

Today at the mechanic's Pisces will ask for the price before the bonnet is opened and ask for it to be written on a slip of paper. The mechanic will look at them as if seeing them for the first time. The final bill will be exactly what was on the slip, to the denar. Why have they always paid "whatever it comes to" until now?